Separable button



(No Model.)

E. PRINGLE. SEPARABLB BUTTON.

No. 574,267. Patented Deo. 29, 1896.

TH: Nonms vs -vins co. PHoToLl'rNoJwAsmNuTuN. ny c,

UNITED` STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EUGENE PRINGLE, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MADISON I).SHIPMAN AND CHARLES E. B RAD'I, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,267, dated December29, 1896.

Application filed September 8,1888. Serial No. 284,945. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE PRINGLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glove-rsville, in the county of Fulton and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SeparableButtons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to separable buttons; and it consists in the partsand' devices and combinations of parts and devices hereinafterparticularly described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide in a button-head of aseparable button an elastic tubular-form stud-catch and devices forholding` this stud-catch securely united with the other parts of thebuttonhead; second, to provide particular combinav tions of deviceswhereby the button-head will 'by dotted lines.

be closed and the closing-shell will be attached to the fabric andunited with the studholding` device, and, third, to provide particularcombinations of parts or devices by which this invention can be embodiedin the buttonheads of separable buttons. I attain these objects by themeans illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecication, in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of abutton-head embodying the features of this invention with the coactingstud indicated Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same with some ofits parts modifled in form and containing fewer pieces than that shownin Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the button-head with someof the parts modified in form and showing a less number of parts thanemployed in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the elastictubular-form stud-catch. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the same.Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a button-head having some of its partsmade with a modified form for holding the stud-catch in connection withthe button-A head proper.

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

In the drawings, A is a tubular form of stud-catch having iiange a as ameans for holding the catch in place within the buttonhead. This tubularstudcatch is slitted from top to bottom and through its flange a by slita', so as to make its wall a2 elastic and capable of being expanded bythe pressure of the head of the stud when the latter is being passedthrough the bore a3 in either direction. This elastic stud-catch issecured in place in the button-head by its flange a being held with asupporting-piece at the lower side of said ange and a lightly-pressingholdingpiece bearing on the upper side ot' ange a, as in Fig. l, or itsupper-margin corner, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In Fig. l thisstud-catch is shown to be supported by piece B, in which piece is made ashallow recess b, which recess is concentric to the central aperture bfor the passage of the stud S. This recess b in piece B, Fig. l, is madewith a depth about equal to that of the flange a of the stud-catch A, soas to receive the same. In Fig. 2 this recess b is shown to be omitted,and when omitted the flange a of the st ud-catch A will rest on the edgemargin of piece B, surrounding the aperture b', as shown in Fig. 2. Thisstudcatch-supporting piece B is shown to be provided with abinding-flange b2 for holding it with the coacting parts of th'ebutton-head `with which this piece B is to bel attached.

C is a stud-catch-holding piece which can be employed in the button-headconstructed as shown in Fig. l, and it consists'of a small disk having acentral aperture c for loosely receiving the tubular portion a2 of thestudcatch A, as shown, and when this piece O is employed for holding thestud-catch in place it will be preferably held down by the eyeletturningpiece D, bearing on its upper side, as shown in Fig. l. In Figs. 2'and 3this form of stud-catch-holding piece O is shown to be omitted and amodified form ot' eyelet-spreading piece D (shown in Fig. 2) is employedin lieu of the eyelet-spreading piece D, (shown in Fig. 1,) and in thiscase the eyelet-spreading piece D', Fig. 2, is made to have bearing onthe upper corner or outer edge margin of flange ct of the stud-catch A,so as to hold this stud-catch in place from shifting laterally inrelation to aperture b' or being lifted upwardly when the head of thestud is being passed through said stud-catch.

E, Figs. l and 2, is an eyelet-holding piece secured with thestud-catch-supporting piece IOO l, and preferably by the annularrim-flange D, clenehing allaround the outer margin edge c of thiseyelet-holding piece E when in place opposite the inclined wall d of thespreadingpiece D, as in Fig. l, or D', as in Fig. 2.

F is the fastening'eyelct, havingits flange head f preferably made witha shell form and corresponding with the interior side surface of theouter shell or cap E, as shown in Figs. l and 2. This eyelet F ispreferably held within the shell G by the lower margin edge of thelatter clenehing on the lower margin edge of the former, as shown inFigs. l and 2. .When the lower half portion of this button-head is to beunited with the upper half portion of the same and iliade to clamp thematerial between the tubular portion f, the eyelet will be forced downinto the joint between the eyelet-turning piece D or D and theeyelet-holdin g piece E and be spread outwardly and made to engage withthe eyeletholdingl piece E from its inner side, as shown in Figs. l and2.

In Figs. l and Q the stud-catches are shown to be made and arranged withtheir iianges a downward; yet, if preferred, this stud-catch can be madewith its iiange a above with the tubular portion (IQ projectingdownwardly through the aperture ZJ made in the studcatch supportin gpiece B, constructed as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 also shows thefastening-eyelet F to be inverted and as having its flange f resting onthe upper side of the stnd-cateh-supporting piece B, with its tubularportion f projecting upwardly for en gaging with the eyelet-holdingpiece E. Fig. 3, as portion f' is spread outwardly by operation with theincline d', made with the outer shell G, as shown in Fig. 3.

If preferred, the stud-catch-supporting piece B can be madesubstantially as shown in Fig. 6 and be employed with thefasteningeyelet F and a binding-piece B, clenching with the upper sideof the angef of the inverted eyelet F, (shown in said Fig. (5,) or thestu d-eatch-supporting piece B (shown in Figs. 3 and G) can have madewith them clenchin g margin-rims, substantially as have pieces B and D,Figs. l and 2, or the flange of the eyelet can be .provided with aelenching-rim, which can be clenched on the outer edge margin of pieceB.

The stud S, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l., is made to have itshead of diameter slightlylarger than the diameter of the bore of thestud-catch, as shown, while the dialneter of its neck portion will berelatively smaller, and when the neck of the stud is passedupwardlythrough the stud-catch A it will expand the latter until it hasfully passed through its bore, when its wall will engage with the neckof the stud and securely hold it until purposely removed.

By my above-described improvements the button-head can be readilyconstructed from pieces which are readily assembled and sc- `cured andare not liable to disarrangement,

and the upper and lower portions of the button-head can be readilysecured together and with the fabric with which they are to be held bymeans of a suitable instrument.

Having described my invention, what l claim is- 1. A head forseparablebuttons, consisting of a cap-plate, a fastening-eyelettherefor, acentrally-apertured plate secured bythe fastening-eyelet to the oppositeside of the material, and a stud-catch formed from an cyelet slittedthrough its tubular and flanged portion, and held within the head inalinement with the aperture of the plate, substantially as described.

2. Ahead for separable buttons consisting of a cap-plate and afastening-eyelet therefor, a holding1)iece for said eyelet, a slittedeyelet to catch the stud, said cyelet having a base-flange supportedupon a centrally-apertured plate on the under side of the material orfabric, substantially as described.

3. In a separable button the combination of a single-{iangcd slittedstud-catch A, a catch-retainin g piece 13, a plate C, secured togetherand forming the lower or under side portion of the button-head, with acap as G, and a doubly-flanged fastening-eyelet as F, adapted with itstwo anges, to hold the upper and lower portions of said button-head tothe fabric, substantially as and for the p urpose set forth.

et. In a separable button-head, the combination of the single-hangedslitted tubular stud-catch A, the pieces 13 and D clamping the base ofsaid catch at one side of the fabric, the piece E seated above the pieceD', and projected through the fabric, the shell G, having an inwardlyturned periphery seated against the opposite side of the fabric, and theeyelet-tube F, having its outer upper edge seated in said curvedperiphery of said shell G and its outwardlyflanged base forced outwardlybetween the pieces E and D', substantially as shown and for the purposedescribed.

EUGENE PRIN IYLE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. SELKIRK, CHARLES SELKIRK.

IOO

ITO

